Improvement in adjustable bodkins



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIOEa l LIBBIE F. THORNE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN ADJUSTABLE BODKINS.

Specification forming part of Letters PatentNo. 172,207, dated January11, 1876 application filed December 30, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LIBBIE F. THORNE, of New York city, New York, haveinvented an Improved Extension or Double Bodkin.

This invention relates tO a novel device for inserting ribbon or tapeinto runs or seams in articles of dress; and the novelty consists in thedevice as constructed, which will be fully described in the followingspecification,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thesame, and in which- Figure 1 is a plan view, and Fig. 2 a side view,showing the bit'urcated ends or fingers which hold the ribbon or tape tobe inserted.

In` the accompanying drawings, the letter A represents a wire or othersuitable: substance, bent to the form shown, and provided with thedouble slide B, whereby the ends or fingers D D can be expanded orcontracted to suit different widths of material to be inserted. The endsof the body or wire A are bifurcated or slotted horizontally, so theribbon or tape can be inserted, the same being secured therein by meansof the slides C C. The wire or body A is so formed Or bent as to have atendency `to spread the ends D D apart when the slide B is run downtoward the bulge or handle E, which forms the end or handle of thebodkin, and consequently, by moving the slide up or down, any desiredwidth may be accommodated.

The operation of the device is as follows:

The ends D Dot' the bodkin are adjusted to the width of the ribbon bymeans of the slide B, and the ribbon is inserted in the slots Or jaws ofsaid ends, and secured in place by pushing up the slides C C. The end Eot the bodkin is then inserted in the run Or seam, and the ribbon isreadily drawn through.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The duplex bodkin, with adjustable arms, substantially as described.

2. An expansible bodkin, provided with clamping-jaws D D, secured b vmeans of slides C O, substantially as shown and described.

3. An eXpansible bodkin,consisting of the body A, slide B, clamping-jawsD D, and slides U C, substantially as shown and described.

LIBBIE F. THORNE. Witnesses:

J. H. ROTHSCHILD, LOUIS W. HENDERSON.

